Improvement in safety-swivels



attached and detached limi gbi'lfitt.

RICHARD RICHARDS, o.

Letters Patent No. 109,666,

BANY, NEW YORK.

F AL

(lated November 29, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY-SWIVELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the Sme.

To alla-710m 'it may concern Be itknowu that I, RICHARD kicuAnns, of'Alhany, in the county otl Albany and State oi" New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Safety-Swivel for Chains; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the sani-e, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part oi' this specification, in which- Figure l is a sido vicw ot' my swivel.

Figui .2 is a detail sectional ken through the line a' a', tig. l.

Fig-uro 3 is a detail side riew oi' a part ot' the same.

Similar letters of rci'erence indicate. correspmiding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish animproved saiety-swivel i'or connecting watches to their chains, which shail be simple in construction, easily and which shall at the same time he strong, secure, and not liable to become accidentally detached; and A ltconsists in the swivel, constructed as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the ring,'which is attached to or the chain or gu improved safetyiew ot' the same, ta-

t'ornled upon ard, and which is made exactly like 4that the eye of the ring the ordinaryswivel-ring, except that the eye, a'should.

`be made larger.

Il is the loop or 'link of the swivel, the arms, b', of which are made elastic, so that their outer ends may be pressed together, and which shall at the same time hare suiiicient strength to prevents them from being accidentally pressed together'.

Around ldie outer sides of the ends of the arms b' is formed a groove, as shown inig. 3, of such asize A may fit into it., as shown in l and 2.

liv thisl construction, by pressing the arms b together', the loop or link B may be readily detached from the eye a.' ot' the ring A, passed through the ring oi" the watch, and again inserted in the eye a.

lhe swivel A ll, constructed as herein shown and described, may be used with vadvantage for various other purposes.

Haring thus described my invention, g

I claim as new and desire. to secure by Letters latent- The swivel A o' B b', constructed substantialb` as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

RICHARD lVi tnesses:

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RICHARDS. 

